You never know when something you say or do impresses someone, or even better, leaves a lasting impression. This is especially important to us in the nonprofit field, where everyone you meet can be a potential donor. Leaving a good …
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Good morning. Especially in our crowded winter season, our cautious, retiree drivers seem to be responsible for the creeping pace on the Tamiami Trail or on stretches of Interstate 75. Confident, hurrying, younger drivers wonder if it is safe for …
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I have to admit that my first reaction to the Planned Parenthood videos was to cringe and try to avoid the topic. Even for those who support abortion rights, there is a stomach-churning aspect to the surreptitiously taped conversations with …
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Last week, the world has expressed outrage at the story of Cecil, the beloved and iconic male African lion, who was lured out of the protected confines of a national park in Zimbabwe so that a Minnesota dentist, Walter Palmer, …
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OUR POSITION: Can economic development director maintain public confidence? There’s an ailment that can be debilitating to public officials who aren’t comfortable with the limelight. The scientific name is Epidermis Thinneus. We know it as thin skin. For those especially …
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He wanted to start a race war. That, you will recall, was what authorities say white supremacist Dylann Roof had in mind when he shot up a storied African-American church in June. It might have surprised him to learn that …
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Senate Republicans, teeming with righteous indignation, last week introduced S. 1881, “a bill to prohibit federal funding of Planned Parenthood of America.” Here’s a better name for it: the Abortion Promotion Act of 2015. No doubt the authors of the …
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Executives of Planned Parenthood’s federally subsidized meat markets — your tax dollars at work — lack the courage of their convictions. They should drop the pretense of conducting a complex moral calculus about the organs they harvest from the babies …
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In late March, we wrote about the Charlotte County Airport Authority and how its members operate the facility. They claim the airport “is run like a business.” It was pointed out that the airport has grown tremendously and this growth …
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I always find it amusing whenever someone expresses surprise that the financial bailouts for Greece haven’t benefited Greek citizens. “Bailout Money Goes to Greece, Only to Flow Out Again” in The New York Times is just the latest example. “The …
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W hat we heard before takeoff on a recent Spirit Airlines flight out of O’Hare: Welcome aboard Spirit Airlines, home to the most professional flight attendants in the skies. Unfortunately, none of them were available today, so you’re stuck with …
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On July 18, Donald Trump uttered the unthinkable. He not only violated Ronald Reagan’s 11th commandment, he did so with an exclamation point and refused to back down. The media — mainstream and otherwise — went into overdrive and his opponents …
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We need your help to prevent the potential health care crisis facing Charlotte County, which is on the verge of a major health care crisis. On Tuesday, the County Commission took a half-step toward averting that crisis. While we are …
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The wrath of the Internet has descended upon Walter Palmer, the Minneapolis-area dentist who has acknowledged killing Cecil, a star lion of Zimbabwe’s national park system. So fierce were the attacks that Palmer’s dental office abruptly shut its doors and …
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We were well intentioned — you and I. We knew our founding fathers never intended for our politicians to be in office permanently. We knew the longer our elected officials are in office, the more out of touch they become. …
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More jaw dropping and political landscape-changing redistricting news has emerged — this time affecting the Florida Senate maps. What’s stunning is the Senate admitted fault and entered into an agreement to revise the Senate maps and forgo a trial. Why …
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We seem to really enjoy contemplating the money and lifestyles of the top 0.01 percent. The wealthiest Americans garner immense mind-share in the imaginations of the rest of the populace. We incessantly track the incomes of hedge-fund managers and other finance …
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Patrons of Charlotte County libraries can now enhance their language learning with access to Rosetta Stone. The Rosetta Stone program can be used to learn a new language, enhance ESL learning as non-native English speakers, or brush up on a …
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Following the recent tragedy in a movie theater in Lafayette, La. — in which a gunman killed two people and wounded nine others — America is once again searching for answers to how such a massacre could have been prevented. …
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